motarded
adj.— «Pantano prepared his platoon by working the men hard. His men grumbled—enlisted men call officers like Pantano “motarded”—motivated to the point of retardation.» —“Did He Go Too Far?” by Paul QuinnJudge in Cam LeJeune, North Carolina Time Feb. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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